Monday TV Roundup

It seems like it's about time to go a little bit more in depth with some of the Monday TV that was on tonight. I tend to DVR everything, so I don't necessarily watch my shows in order. I'll blog on them in the order they were seen...

Let's start with Hart of Dixie. I'm really enjoying this little show, the premise is pretty cute and I think Rachel Bilson is really pulling off the New Yorker transplant role. She's not coming off like an annoying outsider as much as I thought they would play up, so I'm definitely happy about that!

Tonight, the town of Bluebell was hit with a "heat wave" which basically gave the writers the ability to have most of the male cast in various states of undress. For the rest of this post the "heat wave" will no longer be called such and will henceforth be known as the "hottie wave."

Along with the hottie wave, this episode featured more of the various hookups and crushes. Zoe and Wade had a moment which I was all for! Of course we're supposed to be rooting for Zoe and George, but Wade as the cute, totally wrong for her country boy seems all right for her. George and Lemon are supposed to be the perfect couple, mainly because she's just annoyingly perfect. I think the part about Lemon that annoys me the most is the outfits. Was Jamie King in the movie Pleasantville? No? Well her clothes sure were...

As much as I can't really stand Lemon with George (even though I'm not totally set on Zoe with George yet, either), I do kinda love her with Lavon. We haven't seen how this is going to play out yet, but I'm interested in finding out what happened here and if dear old dad Brick is as big of a part in their secrecy as I'm kind of thinking he must be.

After Hart I tuned in to Gossip Girl and the big reveal of Dan's novel. The novel was met with a mixed bag of reviews, great ones from the critics and very bad ones from the people portrayed in the novel.

Serena was unhappy with being portrayed as a perpetual party girl, Blair as Dan's love interest, Rufus as a has been who married for money, Chuck as a suicidal billionare, and Nate as nothing. It seems like yes, everyone had room to be upset, but really couldn't they recognize this is as a first book with room for a sequel? I mean, overreaction much? The one part that I'm really loving about this season is the change in Chuck. He has adopted the cutest dog and his exchange tonight with Lily was very sweet. It seems he has changed for the better, soon it will be time for him to get back with Blair. Let's face it, they belong together.  Tonight's side story was that of Ivy/Charlie and Diana finding out her true identity. It will be interesting to see what kind of shenanigans she gets into. It's about time for Ivy/Charlie to get to be something other than the crazy bad girl, don't you think? I was actually thinking it was nice that they were giving her a second chance. Well there goes that...

Last but not least tonight was Terra Nova. In tonight's episode the sixers sent in a spy in the form of little runaway girl Leah. Of course she has to stay with the Shannon family and they all learn to love and trust her. Mira even stages a mini battle to "break out" little Leah and learn that she "ran away" from the sixers. Quite the confusing plot twist we have.

Ultimately Leah stays and proceeds to break into Mira's old house, find some ominous unopenable box, and get caught on her way out by Jim. When he goes outside the gates to find the brother she has convinced him that Mira is holding captive he learnes quite a bit (without actually learning anything) about what is really going on at Terra Nova. Is Taylor the good guy or the bad guy? What are they in Terra Nova for if it's not to start over? What is in the box? We get left with a lot of questions, and I for one am really interested in the show and finding out some of the answers. They can't give away everything this first season, now can they?

What did you think about tonight's shows? Do you think Zoe will ever pick a guy? Are Dan's friends going to come around? Is Taylor as bad as we think he is? I guess we'll see later...

Xoxo,
Jennie